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valgiare

valgiare, ~ire [cf. LL valgium], (of mouth) to curl up or push the lips outward (as sign of scorn or derision). b (in gl.). tedet me vestrarum morarum, et ~iantibus buccis vestre ignavie torporem et inertiam reprehendo H. Los. Ep. 9.  b valgire, retorquere, sicut Petronius ait ‘obtorto valgitur labello’ [cf. Petron. fr. 10: ‘obtorto valgiter labello’] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 627.

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